amd driver crash

gitaron · Jul 30, 2014

Hi. I have recently ugraded my gtx 650 to r9 280x.
I did clean windows install.
Latest driver from amd. And every Time i want to Run any game. Driver crashes. I underckloked card with MSI afterburner and i can Run every game fine until i restart my pc. After that drivers will crash again. And i have to switch off my pc for hour or do to be able to Play anything again.

I have 500w psu uknown Brand.

Jay Lavistria · Jul 30, 2014

I dont think your PSU is limiting anything.
Did you uninstall the old NVidia drivers?
What model r9 280x?

gitaron · Jul 30, 2014

I installed clean windows so There is no sign after Nvidia driver. It is MSI gaming lite edition

Mousemonkey · Jul 30, 2014

The only drivers that work for me are 14.2, have you tried those?

gitaron · Jul 30, 2014

Only tried 14.4 and beta 14.7
Ill try those after work. Thanks for any advice.

Kari · Jul 30, 2014

if underclocking the card helps, it sounds like the card is unstable... try giving it a voltage bump via afterburner or rma it

Jay Lavistria · Jul 30, 2014

Make sure the drivers are installed correctly.
Uninstall any old AMD drivers, just in case.
If that doesnt work, underclock your card until it reaches a safe level.
The fact that you have to underclock your card to remain (somewhat) stable, might infer you need to RMA it or replace it with another card.

gitaron · Jul 30, 2014

For me it Looks like something is wrong at start up. Once i van Play on it for few hours with no single artifact on screen in game like watch dogs od crysis. And When i restart my pc game are crashing. And i have to restart my pc few Times until i make it work again. What about updating gpu bios ? Can it help ? If yes can anyone link me to any Guide ?

Jay Lavistria · Jul 30, 2014

It simply sounds like either your card is dying or your PSU can't handle it.

Kari · Jul 30, 2014

Does your psu have a stciker on the side listing amperage/wattage for different voltage rails? How many amps/watts does the 12V rail(s) have?

gitaron · Jul 30, 2014

it says 18.0A under 12v rail

Kari · Jul 30, 2014

gitaron :

thats only 216 watts, the card alone uses up to 200W when gaming.... So if you read that label correctly and the psu has only one 12V rail with 18 amps on it, your psu isn't strong enough to run the card and likely the source of the problems..

edit the gtx650 uses very little power in comparison, about 50-60W

gitaron · Jul 31, 2014

I have updated mobo bios, and drivers stopped to crash at all, i dont even have to underclock gpu anymore.
Here is another question. I have 1 rail with 2x 6+2 pin connectors, should i connect gpu to this one rail using one 6+2 pin and one 6 pin
or just 6+2 and another 6 pin with 2x molex to 6pin adapter ? before ive been using adapter and gpu been working sometimes, now i have black screen when trying to play game, and when i connected gpu to only 1 rail with 2x 6+2 pin connetors, it is working but gpu gives some strange noises. does it make any sense ?
thanks for any advice.

Vic 40 · Aug 4, 2014

Got to this via another thread,but first of all which psu do you have?=maker/model/wattage.

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